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Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  altar  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommagie 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurAe  et/ou  pelliculAe 

Cover  title  missing/ 

Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  giographiques  an  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


r~n    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 


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Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
Relii  avec  d'autres  documents 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liure  serrie  peut  causer  de  I'ombrr  ou  de  la 
distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge  int6rieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouties 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  iti  filmies. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  suppl^mentaires: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm*  le  meilleur  exempiaire 
qu'il  lui  a  6t6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exempiaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  una 
modification  dans  la  methods  normale  de  filmaga 
sont  indiquts  ci-dessous. 


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Pages  dicolories,  tachetdes  ou  piqu6es 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  d^tachies 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inigale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  matiriel  supplimentaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc..  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure. 
etc.,  ont  M  filmies  i  nouveau  de  fa^on  d 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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to  the  generosity  of: 

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The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  Iteeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


L'exemplaire  filmd  fut  reproduit  grflce  A  la 
g6n6rosit6  de: 

Bibliothdque  nationale  du  Canada 


Les  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  filmd.  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  bacic  cover  when  appropriate.  Ail 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Leb  axempiaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprim^e  sont  filmds  en  commengant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exempiaires 
originaux  sont  filmds  en  commen9ant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'HIustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  -^►(meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  y  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ",  le 
symboie  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
film6s  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diff^rents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  ii  est  filmd  d  partir 
de  I'angle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n6cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE, 

WuBhingtou,  March  15,  1828. 

Tlie  SecreUry  of  SUte,  In  pursuance  of  a  rwoluUon  of  the  House  of  «cpre»ent*tire«,  of  tlie  19th  ultimo,  di- 
recting him  to  report  to  that  House  •  copy  of  the  Map*,  and  »o  much  of  the  Re porU  of  the  CommlMlonm  .i..der 
the  Treaty  of  Ghent,  for  ascertaining  the  Northern  and  NorUiwestcrn  n.Hindary  between  the  United  State*  and 
Great  Britain,  aa  will  exhibit  thoM  parts  of  i.aid  boundarj  which  are  already  deci<led  upon,  has  the  honor  to  re|Mrt 
the  accompanying  coplea  of  a  part  of  a  seric  of  Mapn  which  have  been  communirale.1  to  thiH  office,  exhibiting  Sur- 
veys and  Delineations  of  so  much  of  said  Boundary  line  as  is  bflieve<l  to  be  required  by  the  resolution  of  the 
Bouse ;  and  respectfully  to  refer  the  House  to  the  Decision,  date«l  I  Rth  June,  1 838,  of  the  Joint  Commissioners  un- 
der  the  sixth  article  of  the  said  treaty,  published  at  the  end  of  the  AcU  of  tlie  second  8e»»io»  of  the  Seventeenth 
Congress,  in  the  seventh  volume  of  the  Laws  of  the  I'liited  Stales,  fur  n  further  and  full  explanation  of  the  said 
Boundnry  Line,  as  agreed  upon  and  established. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

II.  CLAY. 


DECISION  OF  THE  COMMISLIONERS 

Under  the  Bixth  Article  ^  (Ae  Trtaly  of  Olient,  done  at  Vtica,  in  the  Slate  of  JVlrw  Tork,  Wh  Junt,  1883. 

The  undersigned  Commissioners,  appointed,  sworn,  and  authorized,  in  virtue  of  the  sixth  article  of  the  Treaty 
of  Peace  and  Amily  between  His  Britannic  Majesty  and  tlie  Unitcl  States  of  America,  concluded  at  Ghent,  on 
the  S4th  of  December,  1 8 1 4,  impartially  to  examine,  and,  by  a  rr|N.rt  or  declaration,  under  their  hands  and  seals, 
to  designate,  "rtiat  portion  of  the  boundary  of  the  L'nitcl  States  fn>m  the  point  where  the  4Sth  degree  of  north 
Utitude  strikes  Uie  river  Iroquois,  or  Catai-aqui.  along  Uic  middle  of  said  river  into  Lake  Ontario,  through  tlie 
middle  of  said  lake,  until  it  strikes  the  cnroraunicalion.  by  water,  between  that  lake  and  Lake  Erie  ;  tlieoee, 
along  the  middle  of  said  communication,  into  Lake  Erie,  through  tnc  middle  of  said  lake,  until  it  arrives  at  Uio 
water  communication  into  Lake  Huron ;  thence,  through  Uie  middle  of  said  water  communication,  into  Lake 
Huron  ;  thence,  through  the  middle  of  said  lake,  to  tlic  water  communication  between  that  lake  and  Lake  Supe- 
rior  ;"  and  to  «« decide  to  which  of  the  two  contracting  parties  tlie  several  islands  lying  witiiin  the  said  riveri, 
lakes,  and  water  communications,  do  respectively  belong,  in  conformity  wiUi  the  true  intent  of  tlie  treaty  of  1 783;" 
do  decide  and  declare,  that  the  following  described  line  (which  is  more  clearly  indicated  on  a  series  of  maps  ac- 
companying this  report,  exhibiting  correct  surveys  and  delineations  of  all  the  risers,  lakes,  water  communica- 
tions,  and  islands,  embraced  by  tlie  sixlli  article  of  the  treaty  of  Ghent,  by  a  black  line,  shaded  on  the  British 
side  with  red,  ami  on  the  American  side  with  blue  ;  and  each  sheet  of  which  series  of  maps  is  identified  by  a  cer- 
tificate,  subscribed  by  the  Commissioners,  and  by  the  two  principal  surveyors  employed  by  them,)  is  the  true 
boundary  intended  by  the  two  beforementioned  treaties  ;  that  is  to  say  : 

Beginning  at  a  stone  monument,  erected  by  Andrew  Ellicot,  Es<|uire,  in  the  year  1817,  on  the  south  bank, 
or  shore,  of  the  said  river  Iro.i«i.is.  or  Cataraqui.  (now  called  the  St.  Lawrence.)  wliicli  monument  bear*  south, 
74*  45'  wist,  and  is  eighteen  hundred  and  forty  yards  itistant  from  the  stone  chuicli  in  tlie  Indian  village  of  St. 
ncgis.  and  indicates  the  point  ut  which  tlie  4Slh  |»arallel  of  north  latitude  strikes  the  said  river ;  thence,  running 
north  35'  45'  west,  into  the  river,  on  a  line  at  right  angles  with  the  soiiiherii  slioie.  to  a  |K)int  one  hundred  yai-ds 
MiuUi  of  the  oppiwite  islaml,  called  Cornwall  Island  ;  thence,  turning  westerly,  an  J  passing  ai-ound  the  soulhern 
and  western  sides  of  said  island,  keeping  one  hundred  yanis  distant  tlierefniin.  and  fullowing  the  curvatures  of  its 
shores,  to  a  (wipt  opjiosile  to  the  norlhw  est  corner,  or  angle,  gf  said  island  ;  thence,  to  and  along  the  middle  of  the 
main  river,  imUl  it  approaches  the  eastern  extremity  of  Baiiihart'^  Island  s  thence,  nortlierly,  along  the  chan- 
nel shich  divides  the  last  mentioned  island  from  the  Canada  shore,  keeping  one  hundred  yards  distant  from  tlio 
island,  until  it  approadics  Sheik's  Island ;  thence,  along  the  middle  of  tlic  strait  wliirli  divides  Barnharl's  and 
Sheik's  Islands,  to  the  channel  called  the  L«mg  Sault,  wliicli  se|«ratcs  tlie  two  last  niei.lioned  islands  from  the 
Lower  Long  Sault  Island  ;  thence,  westerly,  (crossing  tlie  centre  of  tlic  last  mentioned  channel,)  until  il  a|v 
preaches  within  one  hundred  yanIs  of  the  north  shore  of  the  Lower  Sault  Island  ;  ihince,  up  the  north  branch  of 
the  river,  keeping  to  the  north  of,  and  near,  the  Lower  Sault  Island,  and  also  north  of,  and  near,  the  I'pper 
Sault  (somrtimes  called  Baxter's  j  Island,  and  scmlh  of  the  two  smail  islands  marked  on  the  map  A  and  B,  to 
tlie  western  extremity  of  the  Upiier  Sault,  or  Baxter's  Island  :  llience,  passing  between  the  two  islands  called 
the  Cats,  to  the  middle  of  the  river  above ;  then,  o,  along  the  middle  of  the  river,  keeping  to  the  north  of  tlie 
small  islands  marked  C  and  D ;  a:id  north  also  of  thrystlcr's  Island,  and  of  the  small  islami  next  above  it,  mark- 
ed  E.  until  it  approarhea  t!ie  northeast  angle  of  G.h>sc  Neck  Island  ;  thence,  along  the  passage  which  divides 
the  last  menUoned  island  from  the  Canada  shore,  keeping  one  hund^-cd  yards  from  the  island,  to  the  upper  emi 


of  the  same ;  thence, 

the  island  marketl  F. 

marked  G  and  H,  to  tl 

ed  island,  keeping  one 

keeping  to  the  south  • 

keeping  north  of,  and 

also  of  Tick,  Tlbbit' 

and  also  of  Duck,  D 

No.  14,  south  of  15  ■ 

thence,  along  the  mil 

and  No.  39,  44.  and 

47,  and  48,  until  it  a 

strait  which  divides 

61,  and  to  the  soutli 

the  northeast  ]ioint  o 

of  the  small  islands. 

and  71,  until  it  appr 

and  of  the  two  small 

or  Long  Island,  kee| 

posito  to  the  southwi 

Fox.  Stony,  and  the 

to  the  middle  of  the 

the  Niagara  river;  t 

the  point  of  the  Hor 

head,  and  following 

the  middle  of  said  st 

ver  Islands,  and  to  \ 

ly,  along  the  middle 

of  the  easterniiiost  ul 

cceding  to  ttie  north 

of  the  islands  callci 

mouth  of  the  Detroi 

up  the  said  channel, 

pmaches  Fighting  (i 

ed  island,  to  the  mi 

east  of,  and  near.  Hi 

thence,  tlimugh  the 

is  usually  denomina 

the  soiitlieast,  and  I 

opposite  to  Point  i 

to  the  west  of,  an^ 

tlirough  the  middle 

the  west,  and  the  II 

two  last  mentioned 

Drummond's  Islan< 

American  shore,  pi 

of  those  numbered 

Thence,  up  lli 

and  east  of  Isle  a  \i 

those  numbereil  21 

of  the  |ioint  of  iiitei 

Island,  and  at  the 

run  by  tlie  sixth  ai 

And  the  Niiid 

water  communical 

and  each  of  tlicin 

water  commiinicat 

torics,  do,  and  ea( 

the  second  article 

II 


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1838. 

th  ultimo,  dU 
mionrn  Under 
rd  SUtr«  and 
lonor  to  iT|iort 
xhibiting  Sur- 
lolution  of  the 
■timionera  un- 
«  Seventeenth 
ion  of  tbe  said 


:lay. 


Junt,  1883> 

le  of  the  Treaty 
d  at  Uhent,  on 
ands  and  seal8, 
legree  of  north 
rio,  through  tlie 
Erie ;  tlience, 
t  arriven  at  tlio 
tiun,  into  Lake 
tiid  Lake  Supe- 
thc  said  rivers, 
reatyof  1783;" 
iefi  or  maps  ac- 
ter  communica- 
d  on  the  British 
intified  by  a  cer- 
lem,)  is  the  true 


tlie  south  bank, 
ent  bears  soutli, 
in  village  of  St 
thence,  running 
a  hundred  yards 
ind  tlie  southern 
curvatures  of  its 
the  middle  of  the 
along  the  chan- 
distant  from  tlio 
I  B«rnliarl's  and 
islands  from  the 
inel,)  until  it  a|v 
!  north  branch  uf 
near,  the  l'p|ier 
nap  A  and  B,  to 
wo  islands  called 
tbe  north  of  tlie 
t  above  it,  mark- 
;o  which  divides 
to  the  upper  emi 


of  the  same;  tlicncc,  soutli  uf,  and  near,  the  two  »iin*N  islanrls  called  the  Nut  Isluiids;  thencr,  north  of,  and  near, 
the  island  marke«l  F,  and  also  of  the  iHJniid  rullrd  Dry  or  Smuggler'*  IsUnd  ;  thence,  passing  between  the  islands 
narked  O  and  il,  to  the  north  of  the  island  ralleil  Isle  an  Rapid  I'latt ;  thence,  along  the  north  side  of  the  last  mention- 
ed island,  keeping  one  hundred  yards  from  the  shore,  to  the  upper  end  thereof;  thence,  along  the  middle  of  the  river, 
keeping  to  the  south  of,  and  near,  the  islands  called  Cousson  (or  Tussin)  and  Presque  lile ;  tkence,  up  th*  river, 
keeping  north  of,  and  near,  tlie  several  Gallop  Isles,  numbered  on  the  map  I,  8,  S,  4,  S,  6,  7,  8,  9,  and  10,  and 
also  of  Tick,  Tibbil's.  and  Cliimnry  Islands ;  and  aoutli  of,  and  near,  the  Gallop  Isles,  numbered  II,  18,  and  IS, 
and  also  of  Duck,  Drummond,  and  Sheep  Islands ;  tlience,  along  the  middle  of  the  river,  passing  north  of  island 
No.  14,  south  of  15  and  Ifl.  north  of  17  ;  siwth  of  IS,  19,  30,  SI,  82.  23,  84,  «5,  and  88,  and  north  of  86  and  87  : 
thence,  along  the  middle  of  the  river,  north  of  Gull  Islsnd.  and  of  the  islands  No.  29,  38,  3S.  34,  35,  Blulf  Island, 
and  No.  39,  44.  and  45.  and  to  the  south  of  No.  30.  SI,  36,  Grenadier  Island,  and  No.  37,  38,  40,  41,  48,  43,  46, 
47,  and  48,  until  it  apjii-oaclies  th«  east  cnil  of  Well's  IsUiid  ;  thence,  to  the  north  of  Well's  Island,  and  along  the 
strait  which  divides  it  Ifoni   Howe's  Island,  keeping  to  the  north  of  the  small  islands  No.  51,  58.  34,  58,  39,  and 
61,  and  to  the  south  of  tlie  small  islands  numbered  and  marked  49,  50,  33.  35,  57,  60,  and  X,  until  it  apiii-oaches 
the  northeast  jioint  of  Grindstone  Island  ;  thenre,  to  the  north  of  Grindstone  Island,  and  keeping  to  the  iiurtli  alto 
of  the  small  islands.  No.  63.  65,  67,  68,  70,  T'i,  78,  74,  7.^  76,  77.  and  78,  and  to  (he  south  uf  No.  68,  64,  66,  69, 
and  71,  until  it  approaches  the  southern  point  of  Hickory  Island  j  thence,  passing  to  the  south  of  Hickory  Island, 
and  of  the  two  small  islands  lying  near  its  wiulhern  extremity,  numbered  79  and  80 ;  thence,  to  the  south  of  Grand 
or  Long  Island,  keeping  near  its  southern  shore,  and  passing  t»  the  north  of  Carlton  Island,  until  it  arrives  op- 
posite to  the  southwestern  |ioint  of  ssid  Gnind  Island  in  Lake  Ontario  ;  thence,  passing  to  the  north  of  Grenadier. 
Vox,  Stony,  and  the  Oiillop  Islands  in  Lake  Ontario,  and  to  the  south  of,  and  near,  tlie  islands  called  the  Ducks, 
to  the  middle  of  the  said  lake  ;  thence.  weMerly,  along  the  middle  of  said  lake,  to  a  point  opimsitc  the  mouth  of 
the  Niagara  river;  thence,  to  and  up  tlie  middle  of  the  said  river,  t'>  tlio  Great  Falls;  thence,  up  the  Falls,  through 
the  point  of  the  Horse  Shoe,  ke»-ping  tu  tbe  west  of  Iris  or  Goat  Island,  and  of  the  group  of  small  islands  at  its 
head,  and  following  the  bends  of  the  river  so  as  to  enter  the  strait  between  Navy  and  Grand  Islands ;  thence,  along 
the  middle  of  said  strait,  to  the  head  of  Navy  Island ;  thence,  to  the  west  and  south  of,  and  near  to,  Grand  and  Bca. 
ver  Islands,  and  to  the  west  of  Strawberry,  8.|uaw,  and  BIhI  Islands,  to  Lake  Erie  ;  thence,  sinitherly  and  wester- 
ly,  along  the  middle  of  Luke  Erie,  in  a  direction  to  enter  the  passage  iimnediately  soutli  of  Middle  Island,  being  one 
of  the  eastermnost  uf  the  group  of  islands  lying  in  the  western  part  of  said  lake  j  thence,  along  the  said  |HUisage,  pro- 
ceeding  to  the  north  of  Cuniiiiigliam's  Maud,  of  the  three  Bass  Islands,  and  of  the  Western  Sister,  and  to  the  S4iutli 
of  the  islands  calleil  the  Hen  and  Chickens,  mid  of  the  Eastern  ami  Middle  Sisters  ;  thence,  to  the  middle  of  the 
mouth  of  the  Detroit  river,  in  a  direction  to  enter  the  channel  which  divides  Hois  blanc  and  Sugar  Islands;  thence, 
up  the  said  channel,  to  the  west  of  Boisblanc  Island,  and  to  the  east  i.f  Sugar,  Fox,  and  Stony  Islands,  until  it  a])- 
proaches  Fighting  or  Great  Turkey  Island ;  tlien(  e,  along  the  western  side,  and  near  Uie  shore  of  said  last  inention- 
ed  island,  to  the  middle  of  tlie  river  above  tlie  same  ;  tlience.  along  the  middle  of  said  river,  keeping  to  the  south- 
east of,  and  near.  Hog  Island,  and  to  the  northwest  of,  and  near,  the  island  called  Isle  a  la  Tcclie,  to  Lake  St.  Clair ; 
thence,  through  the  middle  of  said  lake,  in  a  direction  to  enter  Uiat  mouth  or  channel  of  the  river  St  Clair  which 
is  usually  denominated  the  Old  Ship  Channel;  thence,  along  the  middle  of  said  channel,  between  S<|uirrel  Island  on 
the  southeast,  and  Herson's  Island  on  the  northwest,  to  the  up|ier  end  of  the  Iwt  mentioned  island,  which  is  nearly 
opposite  to  Point  au  Chenes,  on  the  American  shore ;  thence,  along  the  middle  of  the  river  St.  Clair,  keeping 
to  the  west  of,  and  irtar,  the  islands  called  Belle  Riviere  Isle,  and  the  Isle  aus  Cerfs,  to  Lake  Huron  ;  tlience, 
tlirouRh  the  middle  of  Lake  Huron,  in  a  direction  to  enter  the  strait  or  passage  between  Drummond's  Island  on 
the  west,  and  the  little  Manitou  Island  on  the  east;  thence,  through  the  middle  of  the  passage  which  divides  the 
two  last  mentioned  islands ;  thence,  turning  northerly  and  westerly,  around  the  eastern  and  northern  shores  of 
Drummond's  Island,  and  proceeding  in  a  dii-ection  to  enter  the  passage  between  the  Island  of  St.  Joseph's  and  the 
American  shore,  passing  to  the  north  of  the  intermediate  Ulands  No.  ti  1 ,  1 1 , 1 0, 1 8,  9,  6,  4,  and  2,  and  to  the  south 

ofthosonumbered  15,  IS,  5.  and  I.  ...,„..       •.         i         

Thence,  up  llie  said  last  mei.tiimed  passage,  keeping  near  to  the  island  St  Joseph  s,  and  passing  to  the  north 
and  east  of  Isle  a  la  Crosse,  and  of  llie  small  islands  numbered  16,  17,  18,  19,  and  20,  ami  to  the  south  and  west  of 
those  nurobere.1  n,  SJ,  i.iid  23.  until  it  strikes  a  line  (drawn  on  the  map  with  black  ink,  and  shadcti  on  one  side. 
„f  the  iKiint  of  iiitemctioii  wi.li  blue,  and  .mi  the  ..ther  with  re.1)  i«Hslng  acims  tl.c  river  at  the  head  of  St.  Joseph's 
Island,  aiKl  at  the  l.sit  of  the  Neebish  Rapids,  which  lino  denote*  the  deterniiiiation  of  tho  boundary  directed  to  bo 

run  by  tlie  sixth  article  of  the  Trmty  of  Ghent  .....,, .  .  j 

And  the  said  Conimissimieis  do  further  decide  and  declare,  that  all  the  islands  lying  in  the  rivers,  lakes,  and 
wrater  coinniunitalioiis,  betwin-n  the  beloiv  described  boundary  line  and  the  adjacent  shores  of  ljp,icr  Canada,  do, 
«i.d  each  of  them  d.H-s,  belong  to  his  nrilaimic  Majesty;  «iul  that  all  the  islands  lying  in  the  rivei-s,  lakes  and 
water  communications,  between  the  said  boundary  line  and  the  adjacent  sh.ii-es  of  the  United  SlaU-s.or  tlie,r  lerri- 

torics.  do,  and  each  of  ti.em  does,  be g  to  the  United  States  of  America,  in  confuinnty  with  the  true  intent  of 

the  second  article  of  the  said  treaty  of  1783,  and  of  the  sixth  article  of  the  featy  of  Glient 

Infailliwhere<if,we,  the  Commissioners  aforesaid,  have  signed  this  declaration,  and  thei-eunto 
aflixcd  our  seals. 

Done,  in  quadruplicate,  at  Uticn,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
this  eiglitcenth  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousond  eight  hundred  and 


twenty-two. 


PETER  B.  PORTER, 
ANTII.  BARCLAY, 


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